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Chile Issues Alert Over Faulty Chinese Condoms
Chilean citizens are being asked not to use almost 1.2 million Kaiju condoms imported from China. Read More
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Reality TV Star Gabe Rygaard Dead at 45
Rygaard, who starred in the History Channel reality TV series "Ax Men," was killed in a three-vehicle accident near Port Angeles, Washington. Read More
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Fact Check
Did Clinton Supporters Start the 'Birther' Movement?
We investigate claims that the conspiracy theory about Barack Obama not being born in the U.S. originated with Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. Read More
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Hillary Clinton Is Actually Dead and Has Been Cloned
One of the stranger claims about the Democratic candidate for president is that she was "eliminated" in 1998 and has since been replaced by a clone. Read More
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Vodka Tampons
Rumor claims young women are inserting vodka-soaked tampons as a furtive way of getting drunk. Read More
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Chelsea Clinton's Apartment Houses a Secret Hospital
After Hillary Clinton went to visit her daughter after appearing to fall during an 11 September 2016 event, rumors swirled that Chelsea Clinton's home is actually a medical facility. Read More
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Can President Obama Release Donald Trump's Tax Returns?
President Obama's Press Secretary affirmed the White House has no interest in releasing Donald Trump's tax returns, and the President likely couldn't do so anyway. Read More
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Gary Johnson Won't Be Part of the First Presidential Debate
Neither the Libertarian nor the Green Party candidate made the CPD's cut for the September 26 presidential debate. Read More
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Fact Check
Chevy Suburban Merges in Front of 18-Wheeler, Kills Baby
Images of a fatal collision in Georgia were misrepresented on social media to scold drivers about sharing the road with large trucks. Read More
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Massive Stone Age Tunnel Stretches from Scotland to Turkey
Mysterious underground passages known as "Erdstall" have been found throughout Europe, but there's no evidence of a tunnel running from Scotland to Turkey. Read More
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American Legislator Wants Canadians Banned from Driving in USA
A satirical article reporting that an American legislator wanted to ban Canadian drivers from U.S. roads was mistaken for real news by some readers. Read More
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Clinton Campaign Overcharging Poor Donors?
Rumor claims the Clinton campaign is fraudulently overcharging the accounts of donors, but the true nature and breadth of the issue is difficult to determine. Read More
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Judges Rules the Government Can Ban Vegetable Gardens
A landscaping dispute between homeowners and village codes in Miami Shores led to widespread rumors that a judge had ruled the government can ban vegetable gardens. Read More
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11 States Agree to Implement and Enforce Truck Curfew
The U.S Department of Transportation is not working with eleven states to keep trucks off the road between 11PM and 6AM. Read More
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Obama's Kenyan Certified Registration of Birth
A Certified Registration of Birth issued in Kenya that supposedly documents Barack Obama's birth in that country is a fake. Read More
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Russia Has Amassed Troops to Surround the U.S. Borders
A fake news story from a conspiracy-flogging site reported that tens of thousands of Russian troops were poised along the borders of the U.S. Read More
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Suppressed North Dakota Pipeline Protest Photo
A photograph purportedly showing a pipeline protest in North Dakota is actually a picture of the crowd at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Read More
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Iceland Pays $5,000 Per Month to Immigrants Who Marry Icelandic Women
Untrustworthy online sources claim that that due to a shortage of men, Iceland is offering to pay $5,000 per month to immigrants who marry Icelandic women. Read More
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History
Native American Student Punished for Refusing to Say Pledge of Allegiance
Leilani Thomas said her teacher docked her grades because she refuses to participate in the daily ritual. Read More
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Kendra Childs Murder
The killing of young Houston mother in a drive-by shooting has prompted much social media speculation on #RIPKendra about who's responsible for her death. Read More
